What is the difference between “spooky” and “scary”? Share examples.
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Friday Freewrite: Spooky or Scary
Friday Freewrite: Free range
How much freedom should children have to roam around their neighborhoods by themselves, and how might it differ depending on their ages?
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Friday Freewrite: Leaf it to me
When describing scenes, people, or settings, give your readers enough detail to set them on the track you want, but let them use their imaginations to fill in the rest.
It may be important for the reader to know that the old oak tree had creases like crumpled paper in its bark, but ask yourself, how much more do they need to know?
Too many details can become overwhelming. Use vivid language to set the scene, and you will achieve a stronger reaction than if you had described every leaf on the tree.
Now pick an object and describe it both ways. First, give so many details it will make your reader’s eyes bleed. Next, choose one or two of the best details and describe the object in a way that sparks your reader’s own mental picture of it without wearing them out!
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Friday Freewrite: Feelings!
Julie,
I am a Brave Writing Momma of two school aged boys (5th and 2nd grade). This year we have happened to fall into a new Friday Freewrite pattern that I thought you’d like to know about. Friday Feelings! This idea was based on your email suggestion to write about fear. I just told the boys to write about fear, what makes you afraid, what fear feels like, whatever direction they wanted to take it in.
The following week we discussed the opposite of fear. After brainstorming we decided as a group that we would write about confidence. It was interesting to hear our different voices come through. My second grader wrote two sentences and drew a picture, my fifth grader wrote about three quarters of a page, and I poured my soul out in my journal and fear of failing as a homeschooling momma!
We are currently read The Lemonade Wars (and doing The Arrow study along with it) and loving the rich emotional tension in the novel. Today we brainstormed a list of emotions that we observed in The Lemonade Wars. I am planning to use this list as our Friday Feelings Writing springboard.
This isn’t a revolutionary idea but I thought you’d like to see how naturally the various aspects of the Brave Writer Lifestyle came together for us!
Thanks Julie for making the days more fun for us all!
Karyn
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Friday Freewrite: Directions
Pick an activity you enjoy. Now describe it step by step for someone who is new to it. Go!
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